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Home » Authors » Matt Forck, CSP, JLW

Articles by Matt Forck, CSP, JLW

Navy captain

How Navy captain D. Michael Abrashoff turned his ship around

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 31, 2016
In June of 1997, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff boarded the USS Benfold; he was the new commanding officer. Benfold is a guided missile destroyer staffed with 310 sailors.
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Navy captain

How Navy captain D. Michael Abrashoff turned his ship around

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 1, 2016
In June of 1997, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff boarded the USS Benfold; he was the new commanding officer. Benfold is a guided missile destroyer staffed with 310 sailors.
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outside the box

Challenge safety conventions that restrict progress

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 2, 2013
Would it be possible to achieve the goal of weighing in at the weight you were when you were 14 years old? Ridiculous, yes?


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Safety isn’t number one!

How safety leaders work with the corner office
Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
June 11, 2013

Take the following quiz about your person in the corner office. In the last ten presentations given by your CEO, what was the main topic? Next, if you looked at the agenda presented at your company’s most recent board of director meeting, what would be the primary focus?


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Beyond “safety smart”

Develop a keen sense of “hazard intelligence”
Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
May 3, 2012
Have you heard of Chris Langan? Today he lives on a horse ranch in Northern Missouri.


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columns

“Reality traps” can doom teams

5 essentials to avoid failure
Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
December 5, 2011
Chances are that you have a safety team — or likely many safety teams — within your organization.


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TRAINING STRATEGIES: Move beyond behavior-based safety

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
January 4, 2011

Moving beyond BBS means using today’s technology to make proactive data real time. It hits the desks of safety staff and senior leaders as it happens and is recorded. This way, senior leaders can quickly intervene or can offer recognition for a job well done.


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"Managing the desert island"

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 7, 2010
When it comes to safety in your organization, have you ever felt like it was you against the world?
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Near miss reporting: the sounds of silence

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 8, 2009
Here are five key reasons why near-miss events are not reported and analyzed.
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Culture: Where's the beef?

Matt Forck, CSP, JLW
October 1, 2007
When Ray Kroc stopped selling Dixie cups at the age of 52 and opened the first McDonald’s hamburger joint in Des Plaines, Illinois, he realized something that few others knew then or even grasp now. His secret: the burger doesn’t make the burger joint. In sales, there are intangibles more important than the product.
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